The economic, political and social-cultural influence of current immigrants is far more beneficial to the nation than our media critics make them out to be. Hispanics are fast becoming the new foundation of our countryâs economic, political and social-cultural power.
umlaut - a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound. diaeresis, dieresis. diacritic, diacritical mark - a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation. Translations.
noun, Grammar. 1. (in Indo-European languages) regular alternation in the internal phonological structure of a word element, especially alternation of a vowel, that is coordinated with a change in grammatical function or combination, as in English sing, sang, sung, song; apophony. Origin of ablaut.